By humorizer - 12/09/2012 08:44 - United States - Mansfield

Today, I came home from work to be given $1 by my mother. This normally would have been nice, had my mother not said, "I just sold that ugly old black and white picture frame you always leave lying around in your room." Which also would have been nice if that "frame" wasn't my Kindle. FML
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humorizer 14

^ Yard sale. My parents always complain that I hoard too much junk (they never get the idea behind why I have so many different controllers for my NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, Wii, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, etc)... and demand that I throw away all the controllers and only keep "one or two since that's all you need". And don't get me started on chargers... they think all I need is one single charger to take care of my multitude of laptops and game consoles and cameras... So when they see a 'worthless picture frame' (which I believe had an image of the Bronte sisters as the default on the lock screen the last time I saw it), they think they're doing me a favor by getting me money by selling a 'picture frame [I] just leave laying around on the floor'.

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LennyComa 39

That really sucks doode, you should get her back by selling that really big moving picture frame in the sitting room

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pjf4e 3

You seriously need to educate your mom. Age is no excuse.

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Hiphuray4peas 27

Time for an upgrade?

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KiddNYC1O 20

Lol. Good job, mom!

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clokwrkpig 6

Just my two cents, but if the law over there is similar to many English common law countries- and it may well not be- you would probably be successful in recovering the nook in a small claims court against the person who 'bought' it, as your parent's couldn't give better title to the nook than they had (the 'nemo dat' principle) and they had no title, as it was your property. On the other hand, the 'purchaser' would likely have a claim against your parents... However, I'm guessing they have no clue who bought it so that remedy won't be worth much. =(

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elvisaaron 3

Find her credit card and get the new kindle fire HD ! Marry Xmas !

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nancyschmancy 9

What kind of dog is that on your profile picture? I have a dog just like it and we don't know what she is.

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saffy66 34

My mother sold a gaming system of mine about 25 years ago, because she couldn't see why an adult would need to play computer games. At least the OP's mother didn't deliberately sell an expensive piece of electronic hardware - not knowingly anyway. But nobody has a right to sell other people's stuff. The sale was illegal as the mother had no title to the reader. She should buy it back.

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icychil 13

That is terrible, alright, but a bit OP deserves it for not explaining parents "look, I have a Kindle. This is a Kindle. I use it for reading books. It leaves me space." The same thing with other controllers... And maybe you should use it in front of them, so they get acquainted to it. If one has _always_ problems with "parents not understanding technology", they maybe it is time to do something against it...

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Grimnirwher9 21

I beg to disagree. It's not up to OP's mother to decide which of OP's possessions are for sale. How would you feel if your mother decided to sell your stuff without consulting you? Yea, right: you just don't do that.

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marramrammar 2

Demand the new kindle fire in replacement ! Bet she learned not to screw with your stuff anymore .

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